20+ years of experience in different sectors with the most in Evaluation and Development Impact. Currently, Alyami is the General Manager of the Development Effectiveness Office. Alyami worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School in 2017-2018. He holds a Ph.D. in Evaluation from Western Michigan University (WMU) with an emphasis on evaluation standards and program evaluation. He holds two Master degrees, one in Marketing Management (2002) from the Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh, and the other in Human Resources Development (2008) from WMU. His research interests are development effectiveness, impact evaluation, and evaluation standards.